Geno Smith has become the most exciting player to watch in college football. He plays at 7 p.m. Saturday. / Justin K. Aller, Getty Images

by Mike Foss, USA TODAY

by Mike Foss, USA TODAY

Week 5 was excellent, if you were guided by the Couch Potato. You saw a West Virginia-Baylor shootout, a Texas-OK State showdown, an Oregon State-Arizona thriller, and enough trashy Saturday television to give you a hangover. Here are a few of the best comments from Week 5:

Ted Mcginness"worst "must see picks" I've ever seen! Most of the games on your "Other ranked teams on TV" list are much better.... your obviously from the Southwest."

COMMENT: I guess I'm south and west of New York City and the Atlantic Ocean...

Mahlon Pollard"Good thing that your opinions don't matter and don't count. You need to go back to your mom's basement and play with your twitter."

"now that cable tv and college run tv stations, its hard to watch pqc12 in oregon w/o having to pay more. so guess i'll settle for a good matchup on regular tv and if not, it's going to be 82 tomorrow were i am, outside calls, in fact we are 83 right now and when i finish here, outside time as i know winter is right around the corner"

COMMENT: There you go appreciating nature and the great outdoors. Who's going to watch daytime television if we all go outside and expand our minds and improve our quality of life!?

If you have a comment, grammatical correction, or just like spewing vitriol, tweet @themikefoss or comment below and chances are it will end up in an installment of The Couch Potato.

Now for the picks (NOTE: all times p.m. Eastern for Saturday, Oct. 6) ...

AFTERNOON PICK

No. 3 LSU at No. 11 Florida/3:30, CBS

What you need to know: LSU was sloppy against Towson, giving up a team-high 22 points. Florida had a slow start to the season but looks strong after a 38-0 drubbing of Kentucky. Two top-notch quarterbacks square off; Zach Mettenberger has tossed for 1,016 yards and six TDs for the Tigers, while Jeff Driskel has put up 698 yards and four TDs for the Gators.

Why you will watch: It's top-10 SEC football in the Swamp. There are only three things better; two I can't name and one is playing at 7 p.m.

LSU is the third-ranked team in the nation but has yet to meet an opponent capable of justifying that ranking. Florida looks increasingly impressive and has a chance leave an imprint on the national scene with a win at home. Two teams with plenty of questions and a national platform to answer all of them. ... sounds familiar.

What's on the other channel: Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalo/Comedy Central. This is Rob Schnieder's On the Waterfront, no question. Tombstone/AMC. This is the good Wyatt Earp movie with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer as opposed to the bad Wyatt Earp movie with Kevin Costner (who had an affinity for ruining folk heroes in the early 90's). Also, the underrated Just Friends/Oxygen is a great example of when Ryan Reynolds was still Van Wilder and funny.

Potatoes: 3/4

PRIME TIME PICKS

No. 5 Georgia at No. 6 South Carolina/7, ESPN

What you need to know: South Carolina has won the last two meetings against Georgia. Neither team has won three in a row. The SEC East is run by these two teams, and the winner is likely to have a trip to December's SEC championship game in Atlanta served up on a golden platter. South Carolina won the EA animated simulation on ESPN.com, which means absolutely nothing except that EA Sports has far too much power.

Why you will watch: Stop it. This rivalry started in 1894. Before iPhones and HBO Go. Both are 5-0. They're undefeated, share a state line and have similar color schemes. And Steve Spurrier will be there. Just watch great football, OK?!

What's on the other channel: Face/Off is on Telemundo, which has all of the right ingredients for awesome: Nicolas Cage pretending to be John Travolta, pretending to be Nicolas Cage, in Spanish. Aventureland/E! which stars that guy who played Mark Zuckerberg in that Facebook movie who you think is Michael Cera but isn't.

Potatoes: 4/4

No. 7 West Virginia at No. 9 Texas/7, Fox

What you need to know: Geno Smith threw for 656 yards and eight TDs last Saturday. The end.

Why you will watch: Let's face it: West Virginia-Baylor was the most absurd college football game in history. The Mountaineers have the best offense in the Big 12. The Longhorns have the conference's best defense. This won't be a 100-plus point game. But it will be is a definitive answer as to whether Smith is a lock to be this year's Heisman Trophy winner. There's no doubt, this game will be decided on Smith's arm.

What's on the other channel: In addition the everything above, Get Him to the Greek/Comedy Central and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra/USA are clutch.

Other Top 25 games:

Kansas at No. 8 Kansas State: Noon/FX ... K-State is a 23.83-point favorite. Next.Connecticut at No. 21 Rutgers: Noon/ESPNU ... Big East football is as entertaining as Mid-American basketball. It isn't.No. 22 Northwestern at Penn State: Noon/ESPN ... Two hot teams clash in State College.No. 25 Boise State at Southern Mississippi: Noon/FSN ... The best of the Mountain West takes on the worst of Conference USA, in a battle of -- who cares? Take a nap before the 3:30 games instead.Arizona at No. 18 Stanford: 3/Fox ... What a difference two weeks makes. Two teams riding high are now behind the 8-ball.No. 14 Oklahoma at No. 24 Texas Tech: 3:30/ABC ... I almost gave this the nod for the afternoon pick but then remembered Oklahoma is overrated and Texas Tech is pretty boring.Iowa State at No. 13 TCU: 3:30/FSN ... TCU takes on Iowa State without recently arrested and subsequently suspended quarterback Casey Pachall, which could prove disastrous.Georgia Tech at No. 15 Clemson: 3:30/ESPN ... The only thing worse than mediocre ACC football is any kind of Big East football.Washington State at No. 17 Oregon State: 6/Pac-12 ... Oregon State is dangerously close to becoming the biggest college football story in Oregon.No. 10 Notre Dame vs.Miami (Fla.) in Chicago: 7:30/NBC ... The Notre Dame Traveling Road Show stops into Chicago, wearing THIS: